Casket-handle.



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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1912.

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EDWARD IR). SABGENT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SARGEN'I & COMFANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed November 4, 1912. Serial No.729,212.

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Casket-I-Iandles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to casket handles and more particularly to handles in which the bail or handle proper is constructed of sheet metal and attached to one or more socket plates of thin, comparatively soft metal. In carrying out the invention I prefor to employ a tubular sheet metal handle or bail secured at the respective ends to separate attaching plates of light stamped metal, but these features are not essential in all aspects of the invention;

The invention refers especially to the means of connecting the handle proper with the socket plate or plates, with the object of providing a construction of maximum lightness, cheapness and strength. By employing certain small re-inforcing parts of hard metal at the points of special strain, I am enabled to furnish a light handle of unusual strength.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of'a handle embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe same, Fig. 3 is a rear'viewof the handle proper, detached, Fig. 4: 1s a fragmentary side view of one of the handleends, Fig. 5 is a detail section of the reinforcing plate at the end of the handle proper, Fig. (Sis a detail rear view of one of the socket plates, Fig. '7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the reinforcing member for the socket plate, Figs. 9 and more a front face and an edge view respectively of the socket plate, Fig. 11 is an edge view of one oftlie socket plates showing the handle or hanger attached thereto and occupying its raised position, Fig. 12 is a fragmentaryrear' view of a socket plate having amodified arrangement of the reinforcingmember, and Fig. 13 is a section on line 13 13 of Fig. 12, and Fig.

14 is a detail view of one of the pivot pins or trunnions.

Referrmg to the drawings, the bail or 1 handle proper l) is preferably made of ap 'proxlmately U-shape, the intermediate portion being tubular and the respective end portions or hanger arms D being approximately semi-tubular. The end of each hanger arm I) is provided at opposite sides with projecting ears F (Fig. 4) having registering perforations F. In order to reinforce the extremity of each hanger arm a re-inforcing plate E of hard metal and of approximately semi-tubular form is fitted snugly within it, as shown in Fig. 3. This reinforcement or lnsert piece E 1s comparatively short, as shown in Fig. 5, and is provided with ears having perforations F at opposite sides of the handle wall in register with the perforations F. Through the registering perforations F, F separate pivot pins C of hard, tough metal are adapted to be passed in order to secure the handle D pivotally to the socket plates A, by means of which the respective handle ends are adapted to be secured to the box, casket or other object tobe supported. The outer surface of each re-inforcing piece E is in contact substantially throughout its area with the inner surface of the hanger arm, and the re-inforcing piece and hanger arm are securely fastened together by the corresponding pin G. As previously intimated, it is not essential in all aspects of the invention that two separate socket plates be employed, for in certain cases I may use a single attaching plate.

In the embodiment shown, each socket plate A is formed of a comparatively small stamped piece of a suitable light, soft metal. Extending outward from the front face of each plate is a boss A stamped as a part of theplate and affording a socket or housing for the corresponding pin or trunnion C. It will be noted that the side of the boss A which is adjacent thecorresponding handle extremity is squared off, as shown to present a bearing surface for the handle, and the wall A is provided with a perforation F which, when the pin C is inserted therein,lies immediately adjacent and in register with the adjacent perforation F of the hanger arm. The bearing surface A is directed verticallynnd located in a plane substantially perpendicular to the box wall to which the saddle plate is applied.

The pins or trunnions C are secured permanently to the respective ends of the handle proper in the position shown in Fig. 3. This is preferably efiected by providing each pin with a flattened or otherwise non-circu lar portion C (Fig. 14) which, as the pin is driven into the corresponding end of the hanger arm, seats itself snugly in one of the perforations thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner ed from becoming displaced in a lengthwise direction with respect to the hanger or bail. The mutilation of the pin, to provide a noncylindrical portion thereon, connects the pin permanently with the bail and prevents the pin from dropping out of place. Thus the pin, while formed as a separate member, is interlocked with the end of the hanger arm in such a manner as to provide a permanent trunnion on the bail, and the structure is practically as strong as if the trunnion were integral with the hanger arm. Furthermore, the pivot pin or trunnion in being permanently secured to the hanger arm, permanently holds in place the internal reinforcing plate E. Thus the pin not only acts as a trunnion, but as a permanent support for the reinforcing member whereby it per forms a double function. The socket plates and the handle are assembled merely by fitting the plates over the pins C, the perforations F 2 of the plates being first brought into register with the pins so that the plates can be slid over the latter in the position shown in Fig. 2. The plates are then screwed or otherwise fixed to the box or casket while the parts are held in the assembled position and the application of the device is complete.

I have found that if the pins or trunnions are simply supported by the soft walls of the sockets or bosses A the latter will soon be worn away to such an extent that there is undue looseness. come this defect, I provide each socket plate A with a hard metal reinforcing plate H having an upstanding lug J perforated at to form a rigid support for the corresponding pin. As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the lug J is spaced apart from the wall A of the socket plate, with its perforations in alinement with the perforation F In this manner, the pin C is provided with two laterally separated bearings in the socket plate, the bearing formed by the lug J being of hard metal. By this arrangement the trunnion or pin is mounted much more securely in the socket plate and the wear of the parts while in use is reduced to a minimum. The provision of the perforated re-inforcing plate. which forms a bearing for the trunnion will prevent the perforation F of the socket plate from becoming so unduly enthe pin is effectively prevent-' In order to overlarged as to loosen the handle connection. The re-inforcing plates H likewise serve to re-inforce the socket plates at the points where they are attached to the box casket. In order to produce this result, the re-inforcing plates are'provided with perforations it by means of which said plates are secured to the socket plates through the intermediary of eyelets B through which the attaching screws or other members (not shown) are inserted into the box wall. In this manner each re-inforcing plate is firmly and substantially secured to the corresponding socket plate in such a manner as to provide a substantial and durable bearing for the attaching screw. As previously stated, the socket plates are preferably stamped up from light sheet metal, and each isprovided with an inturned edge to seat on the box wall. It is important to note that the reinforcing plate H bridges the space formed by striking out the boss A as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 One end of the reinforcing plate is secured to the socket plate wall above the boss, the other end of the re-' inforcing plate is secured to the socket plate wall below the boss, and the intermediate portion of the reinforcing plate extends vertlcally across the space created by the hollow boss. The lug J on the plate H not only forms a bearing for the corresponding trunnion, but projects forwardly into the boss and internally reinforces the latter.

In the form shown in Figs. 12 and 13 the plate H is reversed with respect to the plate A, so that the lug J instead of being spaced from the socket wall A, as before, is brought into immediate contact with said wall, as shown in Fig. 13. In this manner the regis tering perforations F, F 3 constitute a single long bearing for the pivot pin'or trunnion as distinguished from separate short bearings laterally spaced from each other.

YVithout limiting myself to the construction shown, I claim:

1. In a casket handle, a substaiitiallyU- shaped bail, trunnions extending laterally from the respective hanger arms of the bail toward the respective ends of the handle, and socket plates in which the respective trunnions are freely socketed, each. of said socket plates being constituted by a sheet metal plate having inturned edges to'seat on the box wall, an integral hollow boss projecting forwardly from the socket plate, having a perforated sidewall through which the corresponding trunnion extends, areinforcing plate secured within the socket plate at the rear ofthe latter and bridging the space created by the hollow boss, a lug on said reinforcin plate extending into and internally reinf orcing the boss and having a perforation serving as an additional bearing for the corresponding trunnion, and means to secure said relnforclng plate to the socket plate at opposite sides of the boss; substantially as described.

2. In a casket handle, a socket plate comprising a stamped sheet metal plate having inturned edges to bear against the box wall, a hollow boss projecting integrally from said plate in a forward direction, said boss being closed at the front, but provided with a substantially vertical side wall having a perforation to serve as a trunnion bearing, a hard metal reinforcing plate within the lines of the socket plate at the rear of the latter, said reinforcing plate extending vertically across the space created by said boss, means to secure said reinforcing plate to the socket plate above and below the boss, and a part on the reinforcing plate extending forward into the hollow boss and internally reinforcing the same, said boss-reinforcing part having a perforation or trunnion bearingin line with that of the side wall of the boss; substantially as described.

8. In a casket handle, a sheet metal semitubular bail having oppositely located perforations at one end portion thereof, a separate reinforcing piece of semi-tubular form nested in the hanger arm with its outer surface approximately in contact with the inner surface of the hanger arm, said reinforcing piece having perforations to register with those of the hanger arm, and a pin extending through all of said perforations and having a trunnion portion projecting laterally beyond the hanger arm at one side of the latter, said pin being permanently interlocked with the hanger arm to provide a permanent trunnion on the hanger arm,

and also serving as a permanent support for said reinforcing piece; substantially as described.

4. In a casket handle, a substantially U- shaped sheet metal bail having semi-tubular end portions, pins driven through the respective end portions in opposite directions and having trunnion portions extending laterally beyond such end portions toward the respective ends of the handle, a non-oylindrical portion on the shank of each pin to prevent endwise displacement of the pin from the hanger arm, and a separate reinforcing piece permanently secured in the hanger arm by said pin; substantially as described. I

5. In a casket handle, an attaching plate having an outwardly extending hollow boss, presenting a flat perforated exposed wall at one side, a hanger arm having a trunnion extending laterally therefrom at one side only, the laterally extending portion of said trunnion being engaged with the perforation of said wall, and a reinforcing member secured to said attaching plate behind the latter, and affording an additional bearing for said trunnion, said reinforcing member comprising a plate having a perforated por tion extending into said hollow boss in line with but spaced from said first perforation, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 1st day of November, 1912.

EDWVARD It. SARGENT. Witnesses:

I'IENRY E. RooKwnLL, M. OLIVE WILLIAMS.

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